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What narrative is given to us and from this opening scene what do we expect the rest of the films narratives to be? • It is very intense, there is a lot of tension in this opening scene, particularly because it is dead silent, and we can hear nothing. The narrative is that it is a thriller and that it is a very normal family, having to live life being completely silent. However it takes a drastic turn towards the end of the opening scene, when the youngest son takes a toy rocket and presses the button and t shoots out rocket noises, this causes some creature to attack and kill the young boy whilst his family watches. I would say the narrative for the rest of these films would be trying to defeat these horrible creatures.
How is the genre of the film set up in the opening scene..? The genre of the film is a thriller, and this is set up using everything being silent and them not being able to say a word. This is very thriller like as it causes tension for the audience and puts us on edge for what will happen next. It is also set up through the set as there is no one around apart from this family of 5, the town is ruined and deserted. Finally the main action of a thriller type movie in this opening scene, is when the youngest boy gets killed by this strange looking creature.
Who is the target audience for this film? • Older audience probably ages 16-50 as it is a very thriller like movie but about a family, so all these ages would enjoy it. • Male dominated , as males have a tendency to prefer thriller/horror movies. • Heterosexually dominated, as again no other relationships shown apart from heterosexual ones. • White dominated, as cast are all white.
How many characters are introduced and what do we know about them? 5 characters are introduced in this opening scene, we don’t know much about them however we do know they are a family of 5 and there are 3 children, the girl being the eldest, then the middle child who is a boy and then the youngest son. We learn that the middle child is very sick and can hardly walk, we also learn that the eldest child is completely deaf. The parents are around late 30s-early 40s and the girl is around 15, middle child around 13 and the youngest son around 6.
conclusion • Overall I would say it is a very good opening scene, we get introduced to a family of 5 and understand their roles and characters, we also learn that they are not able to speak, they are deserted with these monsters/aliens around them. I would say it is a very good opening scene, as we are taught a lot about the movie in under 5 minutes.
